MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 05:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 693 75% 594 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 92.8 61% 77.4 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 83.5 59% 70.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 118GB free Firmware: UF3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 231 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 38 163209609242 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34361049096 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 101 (EA) Unknown 100 100 215 (F1) Unknown 100 100 105 (F2) Unknown 100 100 42 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58% Above average	Read 522 Write 286 Mixed 202 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 6.04 65% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 44.8 DQ Mixed 7.8 13% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 56%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 718 Write 541 Mixed 547 134% 602 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 23.2 156% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 53.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 23.2 33% 59.6 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 695GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1105 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 988 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 851 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 167 Mixed 150 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.31 106% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 521GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2819 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4481 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 140 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.25 111% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown ZEUS-1600 0423 ZEUS-1600 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 39%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,384x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16